sideline
pronunciation
How to pronounce sideline in British English:
UK [ˈsaɪdlaɪn]
How to pronounce sideline in American English:
US [ˈsaɪdˌlaɪn]
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- Noun:
- a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
- an auxiliary line of merchandise
- an auxiliary activity
Word Origin
- sideline (n.)
- also side-line, "line on the side of a fish," 1768; "lines marking the limits of playing area" (on a football field, etc.), 1862, from side (adj.) + line (q.v.). Meaning "course of business aside from one's regular occupation" is from 1890. Railway sense is from 1890. The figurative sense of "position removed from active participation" is attested from 1934 (from the railway sense or from sports, because players who are not in the game stand along the sidelines). The verb meaning "put out of play" is from 1945. Related: Sidelined; sidelining.
Example
- 1. Elected politicians in brazil are allowed a business sideline .
- 2. I might as well have announced that I 'd taken up bank robbery as a sideline .
- 3. Some in the press have begun to call lin " the asian tebow , " a reference to professional football player tim tebow , whose sideline prayer posture became a fad and internet meme .
- 4. The most common sideline involves letting property or running a bed-and-breakfast .
- 5. He does a decent sideline in cheap watches , so I begin browsing .